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Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault claims Pan American Games gold

Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault holds up her gold medal for women's 75kg boxing at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault holds up her gold medal for women's 75kg boxing at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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SANTIAGO, Chile -

Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault accomplished her two missions at the Pan American Games.

The 26-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., won gold in women's middleweight and also qualified for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

"It means the world," Thibeault said. "Out of all the tournaments I've been to, I've been able to capture gold and I was missing Pan Ams. Now missing the Olympics, but hopefully we're on the right path and that's what we're going to get.

"I'm very proud of myself, very proud of my team. I couldn't have done it alone."

Thibeaut defeated Panama's Atheyna Bylon by unanimous decision Friday in a rematch of their 2022 world championship final, which Thibeault also won.

"We did know each other pretty well. She's s tricky boxy to fight. She's skilled. She's a little rough," Thibeault said. "I was a little disappointed in my performance today. I pulled off the win, yeah, but I could have boxed better.

"I would have cleaned it up a little bit, use straighter punches, less holding, work a little bit more on the inside, be smarter tactically and not let it get so messy and so close."

The Canadian qualified for Paris with her semifinal victory the previous day. The top two fighters in most weight classes in Santiago, Chile, punched their tickets to Paris.

Thibeault will box for Canada at an Olympic Games a second time after reaching the quarterfinals in Tokyo two years ago.

Her bronze medal at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru, was upgraded to silver a year later because of a doping violation by an opponent.

Wyatt Sanford of Kennetcook, N.S., was to fight later Friday for Pan Am gold in men's light welterweight. He also qualified for Paris.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 27, 2023.

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